DALY, STUDENT EMPLOYMENT DIRECTOR, ANNOUNCES ARRANGEMENTS FOR SENIORS

Announcement of the plans of the Student Employment office for members of the class of 1927 was made last night by W. W. Daly '14, Secretary for Student Employment, who is this year handling the work in conjunction with the Alumni Appointment office.

Thus far about 500 men have returned the questionnaire sent out in December and January. Of this number 250 have indicated their desire for one or another sort of assistance. These men have naturally divided themselves into two classes, and members of each group will be assisted in the manner they most desire.

First: those men who have indicated a preference for a definite line of business will be given an opportunity to meet representatives of the different companies which come to Cambridge annually to select men for their Executive Training Courses, or for the Junior positions in their organizations which are customarily filled by college men.

Interviews Arranged.

In instances where no such representatives come to Cambridge, the office will try in every way possible to arrange for interviews with representatives of particular businesses in which the men are interested. This is particularly true of men who are interested in entering the manufacturing field locally, as there is a definite plan of cooperation now in effect between the College Employment Office and the Associated Industries of Massachusetts. This latter organization will undertake to absorb from the colleges a limited number of graduates each year.

Other organizations which appear to offer particular opportunities will be approached wherever there is a definite demand on the part of graduates for opportunities in that field.

Second: for those seniors who have indicated their desire to talk with men in one or more businesses, or who are uncertain as to their ultimate choice of work, every effort will be made to provide interviews with representative business and professional men, chiefly graduates located in and near Boston or New York, to the end that sufficient information will be given to bring about an intelligent decision. It is not the function of the Student Employment Office to give advice on the Choice of a Vocation, as such, nor to advise a man definitely to go into a special field. Such a choice must be made by the individual most interested.

In this connection the attention of all those who are uncertain as to their carrer is invited to the best recent book on the subject--"Vocational Self Guidance" by Douglas Fryer of New York University, which contains a number of very stimulating suggestions.

Prizes Offered

It is highly desirable that in addition to getting such information as is possible on general opportunities, that advantage be taken of the presence in Cambridge from time to time, of the representatives of business houses who are very glad to talk with men who are uncertain as to their career, with the idea that shopping around and visiting as many employers as possible will give definite pictures of different lines of business and will help toward making the final decision.

One of the Alumni who is interested in the work of placing the college seniors has very generously offered to provide the money for two prizes for discussion of Doctor Fryer's book, from the point of view of the college Senior. This discussion should take the form of criticism of the work as it relates to the question of assisting the senior in making his decision as to his choice of work.